Microsoft’s most powerful Surface ever targets creators and AI pros

Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Ultra is a major redesign built around Nvidia’s RTX Spark platform, featuring the N1X chip with 20 CPU cores, 6,144 Blackwell GPU cores, and up to 128GB unified memory. According to the document, “the Surface Laptop Ultra is the fastest Surface Microsoft has ever made” and is aimed at gaming, content creation, and running massive 120‑billion‑parameter AI models locally. The laptop includes a 15‑inch mini‑LED display with 2,000 nits HDR brightness, improved cooling with dual fans, and a wide range of ports including HDMI and SD card slot. Microsoft positions the Ultra as a true high‑performance machine designed for sustained workloads, marking a major shift from thin‑and‑light Surfaces toward AI‑centric power computing.

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